Display container



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UNITED STATES ALEXANDER MAOIDOUGALL, F BAKER, OREGON.

DISPLAY CONTAINER.

Application filed August 19, 1926. Serial No. 130,220.

This invention relates to display containers and has for its main objectthe provision of means whereby the articles to be sold from thecontainer may present a pleas ing appearance at all times. This objectis attained by the provision of a container hav ing a movable supportingmember adapted to be positioned on the bottom of the container when thelatter is full, and capable of vertical adjustment above said bottomwith a view of varying the capacity of the container from time to timeas part of its contents is removed, with a view of giving the containerthe appearance of being full.

For a complete understanding of the invention, reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings forming a specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a container such as a candy pail.

Figure 2 is a sectional, view showing the supporting member positionednear the top of the container.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 38 of Figure 2.

Figure f is a vertical section showing the supporting member at thebottom of the container when the latter is full.

Figure 5 is a detail vertical section of the container and thesupporting shelves.

Figure 6 is a similar view, in plan.

Figure 7 is a similar View in front elevation.

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 6, with a guard in position.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of one of the guards.

Figure 10 is a detail view of a modified 0 construction detail. i

Figure 11 is a sectional view illustrating the application of theinvention to a rectangular container.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character Cdesignates a container which may be a candy pail or any otherreceptacle. The pail may be provided with the usual bail b. Disposedwithin the container in peripherally-spaced relation are a number ofstandards S extending substantially the depth of the container. Thestandard comprises a metal sheath 10 having inturned edges 11 as shownmore clearly by Figure 6. Disposed within this metal 5 sheath 10 is achanneled member 12 having outturned edges 13 in juXt-a-position to thepart of this inturned edges 11 of the sheath 10. The channeled member 12is perforated at longitudinally-spaced intervals with the side walls 11, the perforations in the side walls being in alignment. The front ofthe channel 12 is provided with a number of cut-out portions 15 leavingbetween successive cutout portions a portion of metal adjacent to theperforation and forming a ledge 16. A projecting member 18 has outturnedends 19 which are adapted to pass through the perforations in thechannels 12 forming a pivotal connection therewith. that the pivotedextensions 18 may move upwardly into planes substantially contiguouswith the inner walls of the receptacle and are supported in transverseplanes by the ledges 16, as shown more clearly by Figure 5.

in a container such as that represented by Figure 1 wherein the sidesslope or converge toward each other, it is desirable that theprojections be shorter progressively in accordance with the slope ofsaid walls. For this purpose the projections or shelves 18 areprogressively shorter from top to bottom of the container, as shown byFi ure 2. I

A supporting member 20 is provided and is adapted to be positionedwithin the receptacle G and will conform to the inner contour of thelatter. The supporting member 20 is adapted to be successively carriedby the shelves 18 and also moved from the bottom of the container andsuccessively to the top thereof as the articles sold are removed.

Figure 2 shows a container in which the supporting member 20 is inposition on the shelves 18 after the major portion of the contents ofthe container has been removed. The supporting member 20 is providedwith cut-out portions 21 at the periphery thereof, as shown in Fig. 3,for a purpose which will be presently described. The supporting member20 is provided with lifting ribbons 22 for raising the supporting memberas the contents of the container are diminished,

Referring to Figure 4, the matter of filling the container will. now bedescribed. The supporting member 20 rests on the bottom. Guards 23, eachconsisting of a U-shaped metal piece as shown in perspective in Figure9, are positioned over the channels 12 with the shelves 18 in planessubstantially contiguous to the inner walls of the recep- It will beseen.

be removed con'ipletely.

tacle. The cut-out portions 21 in the supporting member 20 facilitatethe posit1oning of the latter into the container before the fillingthereof and aresometimcs necessary to permit the supporting member to bepositioned, with the guards 23 extending into said cut-out portions. Asthe receptacle is filled either by successive layers or progressively inbulk, the guards 23 are raised so that the contents of the receptaclewill maintain the shelves 18 in their nonsupporti11g position as shown.it will be undersood that after the container is tilled, the guards willThen as the contents of the contain or are gradually removed,

the bottom 20 will be raised so that the latter will. be supported bythe first or lowest tier of shelves 18 andthen to the next higher tierof shelves and so on, until the top tier is reached.

I The preferred embodin'ient of my inven tion has been described'butit'will be understood that the invention is not limited to the exactconstruction. For example in lieu of the metal piccolo as shown byFigure 6, the inner wvall of the receptacle C may be grooved as at 24 toreceive the outturned end 13 of the channel l2. It will also beunderstood that the contour of the container may be rectangular insteadof round as illustrated. in Figure 11', as described by the referencecharacter "C. The supporting member will. of course be rectangular inconformance to the interior contour of the rectangular container, but inother respects the construction and arrangement or the parts may be thesame. It will be understood that other changes in the construction andarrangement of parts may be made without departing from the invention asdefined by the appended claims. I

Having thus described my invention, whr I claim is:

'1. A display container comprising a receptacle, a plurality ofstandards secured to the walls of said receptacle in peripherallyspacedrelation, a "plurality of longitudinallyj-spaced shelves pivotallyconnected to said standards, a support carried by said shelves, andmeans secured to said supportfor lifting the latter from the bottom ofthe container toward the topthereot from one set of shelves to another.

25A display container comprising a receptacle, a plurality of shelves ineach of a plurality of longitudinally-spaced planes above the bottom ofsaid receptacle, the shelves in each ofsaid planes being inperipherally-spaced relation, means pivotally connecting said shelves tothe inner walls of said receptacle, a supporting member adapted to beplaced on said shelves in successive planes above the bottom of saidreceptacle, and means secured to said supporting member for raising thelatter from the bottom of the container toward the top in successiveplanes above the bottom of said receptacle.

3. A display container comprising a' receptacle, a plurality ofperipheral.ly-spaccd shelves above the bottom of said receptacle, meanspivotally connecting said shelves "to the inner walls 01 saidreceptacle, a sup-- porting member adapted to be carried by said shelvesabove the bottom 01' said receptacle, and means secured to saidsupporting member for raising it from below said shelves to positionthereon. i

4-. A display container comprising a receptacle having a plurality oilongitudinallyertemling and peripherally-spaced grooves, a plurality ofperiphera-liy-spacec shelves above the bottom of said receptacle,'meanspivot/ally connecting said shelves in said grooves, and a supportingmember adapted to be carried by said shelves above the bottom or saidreceptacle.

5. A display container comprising a receptacle having walls convergingtoward each other, a plurality of shelvesin eachof a plurality 0tplanes, said shelves being progres sively shorter in planescorresponding to said converging wallsymeans OODDGClZlllg-Sflltl shelvesto the innerwalls of said receptacle,'

and a supporting member adapted to be carried successively by saidshelves in each of said planes.

6. A display container comprising a'receptacle, a plurality of channeledstandards secured to the inner walls of said receptacle inperipherally-spaced relation, a pluality of shelves pivotally secured tosaid channeled standards above the bottom of said receptacle, and asupporting member adapted to be carried by said shelves above the bottomof said receptacle.

V 7. A display container comprisinga receptacle, a plurality of shelvesmovably secured to the inner walls of said receptacle in peripheral andlongitudinal spaced relation, said shelves being adapted to be movedfrom planes transverse to said walls to planes contiguous with the walls0]": said receptacles,

removable cover members ior said shelves when the latter are in planescontiguous with said receptacle walls, and a supporting member adaptedto be carried by said shelves when the latter arein planes transverse tosaid receptacle walls and said covers are removed.

in testimony whereof, I hereunto aliix my signature.

ALEXANDER MAGDOUGALL.

